Method and apparatus of interference avoidance based on multi transmission and reception

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9420592-B2
Application number	US-201414459188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2014
Priority date	Nov 12, 2013
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of avoiding channel interference by a sensor node including a multi transmission and reception unit in a wireless sensor network. The method includes setting channel A in channel group A for a first wireless transmission and reception unit, and setting channel B in channel group B for a second wireless transmission and reception unit, checking interference for the channel A, detecting interference for the channel B if interference is detected in the channel A, and performing communication through a channel where interference has not been detected among the channel A and the channel B.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of avoiding channel interference by a sensor node including a multi transmission and reception unit in a wireless sensor network, the method comprising:
setting a channel A in a channel group A for a first wireless transmission and reception unit, and setting a channel B in a channel group B for a second wireless transmission and reception unit;
checking interference for the channel A;
checking interference for the channel B if interference is detected in the channel A;
performing communication through a channel, where interference has not been detected, among the channel A and the channel B;
hopping the channel A by a channel hopping coefficient j and hopping the channel B by a channel hopping coefficient k when interference is detected in both the channel A and the channel;
checking interference on the hopped channel A;
detecting interference on the hopped channel B if interference is detected in the hopped channel A; and
performing communication through a channel, where interference is not detected, among the hopped channel A and the hopped channel B.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel A and the channel B are different channels.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein some of 16 channels of channels 11 to 26 are included in the channel group A, and the remaining ones of the 16 channels are included in the channel group B, in a ZigBee wireless sensor network.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the channel group A includes the channels 11 to 18, and the channel group B includes the channels 19 to 26.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel hopping coefficients j and k are respectively set to one of 0 to 7.

6. A sensor node including a multi transmission and reception unit which performs channel interference avoidance in a wireless sensor network, the sensor node comprising:
a first wireless transmission and reception unit which checks interference on a channel A;
a second wireless transmission and reception unit which checks interference on a channel B; and
a central controller which sets the channel A among channels included in a channel group A in the first wireless transmission and reception unit, and sets the channel B among channels included in a channel group B in the second wireless transmission and reception unit,
wherein the central controller controls data to be transmitted or received through the first or second wireless transmission and reception unit in which a channel, where interference has not been detected, among the channel A and the channel B, is set, and
wherein the central controller hops the channel A by a channel hopping coefficient j and hops the channel B by a channel hopping coefficient k when interference is detected in both the channel A and the channel B, the first wireless transmission and reception unit checks interference on the hopped channel A, the second wireless transmission and reception unit detects interference on the hopped channel B if interference is detected in the hopped channel A, and the central controller controls data to be transmitted or received through a wireless transmission and reception unit in which a channel, where interference is not detected, among the hopped channel A and the hopped channel B, is set.

7. The sensor node of claim 6 , wherein the channel A and the channel B are different channels.

8. The sensor node of claim 7 , wherein the central controller sets some of 16 channels of channels 11 to 26 to be included in the channel group A and sets the remaining ones of the 16 channels to be included in the channel group B, in a ZigBee wireless sensor network.

9. The sensor node of claim 8 , wherein the central controller sets the channel group A to include the channels 11 to 18, and sets the channel group B to include the channels 19 to 26.

10. The sensor node of claimer 6 , wherein the central controller sets the channel hopping coefficients j and k respectively to one of 0 to 7.

11. A method of avoiding channel interference by a sensor node including a multi transmission and reception unit in a wireless sensor network, the method comprising:
setting a channel A among channels included in a channel group A in a first wireless transmission and reception unit;
setting a channel B among channels included in a channel group B in a second wireless transmission and reception unit;
checking interference on the channel A through the first wireless transmission and reception unit;
checking interference on the channel B through the second wireless transmission and reception unit;
performing communication through the first or second wireless transmission and reception unit in which a channel, where interference has not been detected, among the channel A and the channel B, is set;
hopping the channel A by a channel hopping coefficient j and hopping the channel B by a channel hopping coefficient k when interference is detected in both the channel A and the channel B;
checking interference on the hopped channel A through the first wireless transmission and reception unit;
checking interference on the hopped channel B through the second wireless transmission and reception unit; and
performing communication through a wireless transmission and reception unit in which a channel, where interference is not detected, among the hopped channel A and the hopped channel B, is set.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the channel A and the channel B are set to be different channels.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein some of 16 channels of channels 11 to 26 are included in the channel group A, and the remaining ones of the 16 channels are included in the channel group B, in a ZigBee wireless sensor network.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the channel group A includes the channels 11 to 18, and the channel group B includes the channels 19 to 26.

15. The method of claimer 11 , wherein the channel hopping coefficients j and k are respectively set to one of 0 to 7.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein both the channel hopping coefficients j and k are set to 4.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the channel hopping coefficients j and k are dynamically set based on a surrounding wireless environment change or interference detection frequency.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Choi Byeong Cheol
• Ruy Jae Hong

Classifications

• H04L1/00

  Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received {(correcting synchronisation H04L7/00)} · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W72/541 Primary

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic